1.   Baseball retains a hold on us despite the conspiracy of baseball management, with, at times, the players themselves, to destroy it.

2.   But the neighborhood has changed, gone upscale, making it harder for the museums to retain their hold on the real estate.

3.   He has not used the army, police or brutal methods to retain his hold on power.

4.   He has not used the army, the police or brutal methods to retain his hold on power.

5.   Julio Cesar Chavez is the lion in winter, fighting to retain a hold on what he no longer can control.

6.   Latinos retain a hold over the Democratic Party without any of these things.

7.   The Liberal Democratic Party will retain its hold on power through its dominance of the Lower House, but the party lacks a majority in the Upper House.

8.   Today Milosevic retains his hold on what is left of Yugoslavia, and this week began a four-year term in a new post.

9.   However, the Bloc Quebecois hopes to retain its hold on a majority of the Quebec seats in the federal parliament.

10.   It is now seeking to recruit coalition partners to retain its hold on power.